In 1911, Patrick Cudahy’s family donated forty acres of land on the bluff overlooking Lake Michigan — previously the site of the famous meatpacker’s summer home — to the City of Cudahy for use as a park. Originally named Cudahy Park in honor of the donor, the park was renamed in for Civil War hero Phillip Sheridan in 1920. Eleven years later, Sheridan Park became part of the Milwaukee County Park System. During the Great Depression, laborers from the Works Progress Administration constructed a swimming pool and bathhouse in Sheridan Park, and the park hosted a WPA Toy Loan Center and WPA outdoor theatrical performances. Several years later, workers from the Civilian Conservation Corps constructed jetties in Lake Michigan off Sheridan Park as well as a service road down the face of the bluff. Following World War II, Sheridan Park was the location of a trailer park intended to provide housing for returning veterans. The property is honored for its historic significance.